Editorial. Yes, Please - Both Crafts and Digital Tools  in Basic Education

The Ludvigsen Committee (Ludvigsen-utvalget), which aims to assess primary and secondary educational subjects in terms of the competence Norwegian society and its working life will need in the future, has published an interim report entitled Pupils’ Learning in the School of the Future – A Knowledge Foundation (Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, 2014). The committee wrote the following about arts and crafts: “That subject will contribute to personal development and simultaneously strengthen opportunities to participate in a democratic society, which can be seen as a desire to protect both individual-oriented and community-oriented training. The breadth of the subject can restrict the ability to delve into individual topics” (NOU 2014: 7, 2014, p. 89, our translation from Norwegian). This will be an important challenge for the team in the near future. The committee shall submit their principal report by June 2015.Practical work with materials must not be removed from primary school. It should be required that qualified teachers are employed on the lower grades. Practical/hands-on work can give the trades a boost, encourage students to choose vocations and prevent dropouts in vocational education programmes. We need skilled craftsmen in the future, and good teaching in Arts & Crafts in compulsory education could provide an important basis for both future craftsmen and customers of good craftsmen.

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Learner Autonomy as an element in Chinese Education Reform: A Case of English Language Subject

English Language Teaching ◽

10.5539/elt.v9n3p33 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 33

Author(s):

Jinjin Lu ◽

Yingliang Liu

Keyword(s):

Education Reform ◽

Language Learning ◽

English Language ◽

Basic Education ◽

Compulsory Education ◽

Learner Autonomy ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

English Curriculum ◽

Autonomy Development ◽

New Guidelines

<p>Enhancing students’ learning autonomy has been emphasized in the current round of English curriculum reforms by the Ministry of Education (MOE) in China. The initial aim of the new guidelines was developed to enhance students’ English proficiency to better fulfil their basic education (Nine-year compulsory education). However, up until now, very little is known about the quality of students’ basic education and their learner autonomy development. This paper uses the English language subject as a case to examine the relationship between the different locations of students’ attendance of their basic education and their learner autonomy development at university level. The result shows that secondary schools’ locations play a more important role in students’ learner autonomy development at university. A ‘Have A Go’ model is proposed to improve students’ transition between high schools and universities in the English language learning process.</p>

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Perception of Colombian Students from a Bachelor in Basic Education with Emphasis on Arts, about the Educational Quality of the Program They Study

English Language Teaching ◽

10.5539/elt.v11n1p100 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 100

Author(s):

Segura-Escobar Aldemar ◽

Lopez-Vega Alfonso

Keyword(s):

Basic Education ◽

Cultural Development ◽

Survey Method ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Academic Quality ◽

Qualified Teachers ◽

Academic Management ◽

Analysis Design ◽

Students Attitudes

This article presents the results of a study about the attitudes by the learners from a bachelor in basic education with emphasis on arts, in Colombia, regarding the quality of academic management of this program. The importance of this study appears considers that its results will be useful to contrast the agreement or disagreement between the components of the management of quality, declared by bachelor programs, and recognized by the National Ministry of Education, and valued as satisfactory, based on the students’ attitudes. All this will result in the development of analysis, design and execution of strategies which make possible the survival of the bachelor program, in an environment of governmental requirements on management of academic quality, and demands by the learners, which were not explicit before. The development of this project followed the survey method, with application of a questionnaire with the Likert’s scale, with 20 variables and 7 assessment items. The population consisted of 380 students who were registered in the second semester of 2017, and the sample, not representative and selected with convenience, was of 33 learners. The results show satisfactory variables such as 1) contribution on social, political and cultural development; 2) existence of teaching criterion of artistic languages; 3) commitment to the training of qualified teachers; and 4) interdisciplinary nature. The other variables were valued as unsatisfactory. Of the total number of students surveyed, 39.4% demonstrates an attitude of recognition of the bachelor as a program with academic quality; and a 60.6% has an explicit attitude of non-recognition.

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BILINGUALISM AND THE FUTURE OF ARABIC EDUCATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA/ الثنائية اللغوية ومستقبل تعليم العربية بجمهورية غانا

Ijaz Arabi Journal of Arabic Learning ◽

10.18860/ijazarabi.v2i2.6973 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Murtada Mahmoud Muaz ◽

Youshau Muhammad Abdullah

Keyword(s):

Arabic Language ◽

Foreign Languages ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Cultural Economic ◽

Language And Culture ◽

Political Interests ◽

The Future ◽

The Republic ◽

The Government ◽

Near Future

Based on two bold recent initiatives by the Ghanaian governments on language policy, this paper investigated the future of Arabic language in Ghana. In 2016, the Government of Ghana declared through the Ministry of Education that Arabic has been made one of the elective subjects at the Senior High and that it might be rendered same at the preparatory level in the near future. At the same time, the government reiterated his determination to make French a second official language in Ghana, in addition to English. It is against this backdrop that this paper shed some insights into the future of Arabic in a bilingual Ghanaian society. It began with a general discussion on the state of Arabic language in Ghana, paving the way for the interrogation of the continuous struggle among powerful nations to impose their language and culture on the developing countries for varied socio-cultural, economic and political interests. In essence, the paper forecasted how Arabic could thrive the competition from the other foreign languages, coupled with the enormous challenges it is already coping with. The article suggests relevant measures that need to be taken by stakeholders to keep Arabic relevant and competitive in Ghana.

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Creating a better future: Implications from futures imagination education in Taiwan

Policy Futures in Education ◽

10.1177/1478210320985716 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 147821032098571

Author(s):

Szu-Yin Lin ◽

Hsien-Chun Chen ◽

I-Heng Chen

Keyword(s):

Development Process ◽

Action Plan ◽

Action Observation ◽

Compulsory Education ◽

Higher Learning ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

The World ◽

The Future ◽

Fast Pace ◽

Planning Action

As the world is changing and transforming at a fast pace, students today are expected to face more challenges in the future. For example, they need to prepare for jobs that do not yet exist, use technologies that have not been invented yet, or even solve problems that have not been discovered yet.The current study proposes that futures imagination is the key to better prepare students to face unknown challenges and an implementable education policy in Taiwan. This article introduces the development process and results of a futures imagination education program in compulsory education in Taiwan. In 2011, the Ministry of Education (MOE) in Taiwan started promoting the futures imagination program at all levels of education through different action plans for four consecutive years. The current study examines the ‘Grades 1–9 Action Plan’ and its teacher education workshops throughout this period. The Grades 1–9 Action Plan was implemented in compulsory education. The subjects of this study are teachers who participated in the action plan; they learned how to implement futures imaginative approaches in their classrooms. Through their cycle of planning, action, observation, and reflection from 2011 to 2015, they reported their findings through written reports, and then we collected their results through interviews and surveys. The results showed that students show higher learning interests and will have a more in-depth view of the future, which is expected to prepare students to adapt to their futures, and this contributes to their learning interests.

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FUTURE EDUCATION FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS

International Journal of Humanities and Educational Research ◽

10.47832/2757-5403.2-2.2 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 23-44

Author(s):

Ban Ismail MAHMOUD

Keyword(s):

Basic Education ◽

Kindergarten Teachers ◽

Female Teacher ◽

Ministry Of Education ◽

Process Of Change ◽

The Future ◽

The Difference ◽

The Individual ◽

Future Education

Future education or the vision of the future ineducation is that it occupies abasic position in the process of change that have aclear impact on his future, so it is the pracess of future orientalism, and a process inherent to the individual since the beginning of creation, so future eduction and its dimensions for the development and education is considered basic. Education,whether as variable for societal trans formation or aprimry driver for this trans formation is byvirtue of its role and nature the most vulnerable aspects of Socity to changes that the future entails and the challenges it imposes will necessanily bring about violent changes in the education system its philosophy, its role and its institutions meathods and methods. The cldrrent researchaims to identify; 1. Dimensions of future eduation for kindergarten teachers To achive the goals; 1.1. The res carcher did the folloing; 1.1.1. The future Education Dimensions scale (Ryoosh) 2019 was adopted, consisting of (46) paragrafs. The researcher vesified the distinct strength. And internal consistenay the results of the concluded that 1. Kindergarten teachers to not have the scientific and future dimesion as. The difference was not statistically significant the researcher recom mended som recommedations; 1. The role of the ministry of Education to encourage and streng than kindergarden techers by providing allrequirements and faci that help themin educationg children. 2. Working to pay attention to all future dimensions of female teacher. The researcher reached some suggestions; 1. Asimilar study on university. Students in all majors and for both sexes, males males – females. 2. A study aimed at building aprogram to develop the scientific and future dimension of kindergarten teachers. Keywords: Kindergarten, Dimensions of Education, Parameters and Education.

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Equality, Liberty, and Education

The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Education Law ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190697402.013.39 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Kiel

Keyword(s):

Education Reform ◽

Double Helix ◽

Compulsory Education ◽

Education Law ◽

Student Diversity ◽

American Education ◽

Law And Policy ◽

Educational Challenges ◽

The Future ◽

1960S And 1970S

This chapter traces the arc of American education, describing how the tension between liberty and equality has shaped education law and policy every step of the way. The chapter begins by exploring the origins of American education, including the equality-minded adoption of compulsory education and common schools and the liberty-minded desire for parents to control elements of their children’s education. Next, the chapter expands to consideration of equality and liberty in the education of groups. This includes the equality revolutions of the 1960s and 1970s during which schooling became more inclusive of multiple groups of students, and also the liberty-based backlash to those revolutions pursuing greater local control and self-determination. The chapter then highlights the liberty and equality-based tensions impacting contemporary education reform, such as the standards and choice movements. Finally, the chapter looks to the future, arguing that advances in technology, increasing student diversity, and unprecedented flux in the structure of American education will force continued balancing of the values of liberty and equality. Ultimately, the chapter argues that these core democratic impulses—liberty and equality—form a double helix at the core of many of the conflicts in American education law and policy and that management of the relationship between them will continue to drive how Americans respond to educational challenges of the future.

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Platform Patterns—Using Proven Principles to Develop Digital Platforms

Journal of the Knowledge Economy ◽

10.1007/s13132-021-00772-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marvin Drewel ◽

Leon Özcan ◽

Jürgen Gausemeier ◽

Roman Dumitrescu

Keyword(s):

Mechanical Engineering ◽

Early Stage ◽

Use Case ◽

Digital Platforms ◽

Hands On ◽

The Future ◽

Platform Development ◽

Strategic Options ◽

Generic Design ◽

Platform Economy

AbstractHardly any other area has as much disruptive potential as digital platforms in the course of digitalization. After serious changes have already taken place in the B2C sector with platforms such as Amazon and Airbnb, the B2B sector is on the threshold to the so-called platform economy. In mechanical engineering, pioneers like GE (PREDIX) and Claas (365FarmNet) are trying to get their hands on the act. This is hardly a promising option for small and medium-sized companies, as only a few large companies will survive. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are already facing the threat of losing direct consumer contact and becoming exchangeable executers. In order to prevent this, it is important to anticipate at an early stage which strategic options exist for the future platform economy and which adjustments to the product program should already be initiated today. Basically, medium-sized companies in particular lack a strategy for an advantageous entry into the future platform economy.The paper presents different approaches to master the challenges of participating in the platform economy by using platform patterns. Platform patterns represent proven principles of already existing platforms. We show how we derived a catalogue with 37 identified platform patterns. The catalogue has a generic design and can be customized for a specific use case. The versatility of the catalogue is underlined by three possible applications: (1) platform ideation, (2) platform development, and (3) platform characterization.

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Back in time for utopia: Neo-Victorian utopianism and the return to William Morris

European Journal of Cultural Studies ◽

10.1177/1367549420980005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 136754942098000

Author(s):

Joe PL Davidson

Keyword(s):

19Th Century ◽

Reality Television ◽

Interesting Case ◽

Arts And Crafts ◽

William Morris ◽

Victorian Studies ◽

Victorian Era ◽

Cultural Imaginary ◽

The Future ◽

The 19Th Century

When we think of the Victorian era, images of shrouded piano legs, dismal factories and smoggy streets often come to mind. However, the 19th century has been rediscovered in recent years as the home of something quite different: bold utopian visions of the future. William Morris’ great literary utopia News from Nowhere, first published in 1890, is an interesting case study in this context. Morris’ text is the point of departure for a number of recent returns to Victorian utopianism, including Sarah Woods’ updated radio adaptation of News from Nowhere (2016) and the BBC’s historical reality television series The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts (2019). In this article, I analyse these Morris-inspired texts with the aim of exploring the place of old visions of the future in the contemporary cultural imaginary. Building on previous work in neo-Victorian studies and utopian studies, the claim is made that the return to 19th-century dreams is a plural phenomenon that has a number of divergent effects. More specifically, neo-Victorian utopianism can function to demonstrate the obsolescence of old visions of utopia, prompt a longing for the clarity and radicality of the utopias of the Victorian moment, or encourage a process of rejuvenating the utopian impulse in the present via a detour through the past.

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